Member Organizations

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HIMSS is the healthcare industry's only membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents more than 13,000 individual members and some 150 member corporations that employ more than 1 million people. HIMSS shapes and directs healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to quality patient care.

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

The Medical Group Management Association, founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's 19,000 members manage and lead 11,500 organizations in which approximately 237,000 physicians practice.  MGMA leads the profession and assists members through information, education, networking and advocacy.

MedAxiom

MedAxiom creates networks and assists cardiology practices in obtaining accurate, useful information and data from other MedAxiom practices and corporate partners. This gives their members tremendous power to increase their quality, efficiency and profitability while at the same time improving the level of care for cardiovascular patients.  Allscripts is a proud partner with MedAxiom.

AAFP Partners for Patients Core Group Member

AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology has signed historic agreements with leading companies whose software, hardware, and networking products and services are important adjuncts to the modern practice of medicine. There are currently 10 companies in the Partners for Patients core group. In addition to making a commitment to work with AAFP on standards based on the four "Acid Test" HIT principles, these companies have agreed to work closely with the AAFP in an advisory capacity to help put the principles into practice through ongoing meetings and collaboration. They have also agreed to significant reductions in the prices of their products and services, where applicable, to AAFP members by way of Principled Group Purchasing Agreements. Their shared goal is to make good quality software and hardware for electronic health record and practice management systems affordable to any family physician who wants to make the transition.

Health Level Seven, Inc.

Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven, Inc. (http://www.HL7.org/) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. The federal government has recently adopted HL7 messaging standards as part of the President's eGov initiatives (see separate press release at http://www.HL7.org). HL7's nearly 2,000 members represent over 500 corporate members, including 90 percent of the largest information systems vendors serving healthcare.

Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (EHRVA)

Allscripts is a proud member of the Health Information Management & Systems Society (HIMSS) Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (EHRVA).  HIMSS EHRVA is a trade association with a mission to address national efforts relative to health information interoperability, standards, EHR certification, performance and quality measures, and other evolving government, industry and physician association initiatives and requests. For on-going information visit www.himssehrva.org.